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Viritech partners with Pininfarina on Apricale hydrogen hypercar

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Viritech, an engineering company developing hydrogen powertrain solutions, is partnering with Pininfarina on Apricale hydrogen hypercar. Pininfarina HAS re-interpreted the Apricale’s initial reference design to create a vision of the future of zero-emissions performance motoring.

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Pininfarina releases Battista’s record-breaking acceleration, braking metrics

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Italian hypercar maker Automobili Pininfarina released record-breaking acceleration and braking metrics for its Battista hypercar. The tests were part of the Battista’s final round of homologation, which the vehicle needs to perform to gain approval for operation and sales in various markets. seconds and 0-120 MPH in 4.49

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Pininfarina grows its U.S. footprint in early bid for EV hypercar market control

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Automobili Pininfarina has announced today that it is again expanding its dealership network in the United States as it looks to take advantage of the small number of electric hypercars currently on the market. Still, the fact that its first offering, the Pininfarina Batista, would be electric was a shock to many.

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Electric Dodge muscle and Ram trucks, Hercules and Pininfarina, Biden and right-to-repair: Today’s Car News

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Hercules and Pininfarina are working together on an electric truck. And President Biden is considering the right-to-repair as part of the EV future. Dodge sees electric muscle cars and electrified Ram and Jeep trucks and SUVs as the next step. This and more, here at Green Car Reports.

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HKG and Pininfarina introduce two more microturbine range extended EVs; graphene-enhanced LTO batteries

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At Auto Shanghai 2017, China-based Hybrid Kinetic Group (HK), with its partner Pininfarina, introduced two more microturbine range-extended electric vehicles: the five-seat K550 and 7-seat K750 SUVs. The unit is composed of less than 40 parts. HK Microturbine Electric Generator Range Extender Click to enlarge.

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Rare Rides Icons: The Cadillac Eldorado, Distinctly Luxurious (Part XX)

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Larger in all dimensions than before, Eldorado Brougham was hand-built by the artisans at Pininfarina in Italy. Above those was the new Series 6900 Eldorado Brougham, sporting a series clearly above the 6700 Seventy-Five. The 6900 chassis were shipped to Italy by boat, completed, then shipped back to Detroit.

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Pininfarina/Bolloré BLUECAR EV Shown at Geneva

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Pininfarina and Bolloré, which set up a 50-50 joint venture at the beginning of 2008 with the purpose of designing, developing, manufacturing and distributing an electric car, displayed the latest version of the Pininfarina BLUECAR at the Geneva Motor Show on the Véhicules Électriques Pininfarina-Bolloré stand. The BLUECAR.